The president and his allies have berated local officials. Yet the federal government has often made it harder for those ...

Trump's federalization of the D.C. police is spurning outrage among Democrats and local activists claiming this is another ...

President Trump said he would take over Washington, D.C.’s police force and deploy National Guard troops to fight crime and ...

President Donald Trump is promising to announce new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington at a 10 a.m. ET news ...

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks as Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith listens during a news ...

With a move to take over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., Trump also vows to clear away the homeless and pave the ...

Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb says Metropolitan Police Department officers must follow local policies that ...

As National Guard troops deploy across her city as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to clamp down on crime, D.C.

P resident Donald Trump became the first president to invoke the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to take temporary control over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., citing high crime levels that ...

Analysis: Trump's federalization of the city's police force is testing Bowser's measured approach to dealing with the ...

The first night of the federal surge reportedly saw 43 arrests in Washington, D.C. as federal officers took to the streets with the Metropolitan Police Department, a move that city leaders say could ...

Today, relaxed criminal laws and a pandemic-era crime spike have again made D.C. a federal target. But little is known about exactly how federal officials plan to improve the conditions they complain ...